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8For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red{H8804)}; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out{H8686)} of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out{H8799)}, and drink{H8799)} them.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-10)In these verses we have two great doctrines laid down and two good inferences drawn from them, for the confirmation of what he had before said. I. Here are two great truths laid down concerning God’s government of the world, which we ought to mix faith with, both pertinent to the occasion:— 1. That from God alone kings receive their power ( Ps. 75:6 , 7 ), and therefore to God alone David would gi…
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